Tolna

Tolna is an appellation in Hungary across 54 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Tolna / Tolnai

Type

OEM (PDO)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2006-02-17

Area

211,867 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

108.76 × 69.13 km

Centre

46.6345° N, 18.6333° E

Grapes

Alibernet, Blauburger, Bíbor Kadarka, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cserszegi Füszeres, Dornfelder, Ezerfürtü, Ezerjó, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Kadarka, Királyleányka, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó, Leányka, Menoire, Merlot, Nektár, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Syrah, Szürkebarát, Sárga Muskotály, Tramini, Zengö, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Szilváni, Zöld Veltelíni

Other grapes

Sauvignon Blanc

Max yield

100 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

17 km west of Paks

Nearest city

33 km north of Szekszárd 34,174 people

To the sea

349 km

Rivers nearby

Sio (1.1 km) · Danube (17 km)

Same latitude

Naches Heights (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

86–573 m

Mean elevation

143 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,839 elevation cells of about 210 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments97%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 54

Sources

EU register of geographical indications